Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia rejects the New York Civil Liberties Union’s (NYCLU) call for civilian oversight of the Buffalo Police Department (BPD) and said that internal officer misconduct investigations have got “substantially better” thanks to training and technology.

Gramaglia made the comments in response to the NYCLU’s analysis of over 900 internal police misconduct investigations conducted by the BPD.

Speaking to WBFO for the first time regarding the findings, Gramaglia defended the department’s current internal investigations practices and said that the records, which span 1995 to 2023, do not accurately reflect internal investigations in recent years.

The BPD investigates complaints made against officers through its Internal Affairs Division.

“We are seeking the truth of whatever that truth is in an investigation,” Gramaglia said. “We want the facts, and then we will move forward appropriately with those set of facts.”